Primary renal artery choriocarcinoma causing secondary renovascular hypertension

Highlights • Definition of a focus for a pregnancy of unknown location should use all clinical, laboratory data available. • Choriocarcinoma should be considered among the possibilities in the diagnosis of pregnancy of unknown location. • Radiological whole body imaging for this purpose should espec...

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Published in:International journal of surgery case reports 2014-01, Vol.5 (12), p.1197-1199
Main Authors: Usta, Taner Abdullah, Karacan, Tolga, Ozyurek, Eser, Naki, M. Murat, Omeroglu, Suat Nail, Demirkiran, Fuat
Format: Article
Language:English
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Choriocarcinoma
Pregnancy of unknown location
Primary renal artery
Secondary renovascular hypertension
Surgery
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Summary:Highlights • Definition of a focus for a pregnancy of unknown location should use all clinical, laboratory data available. • Choriocarcinoma should be considered among the possibilities in the diagnosis of pregnancy of unknown location. • Radiological whole body imaging for this purpose should especially include FDG-PET. • Differentiating a nongestational choriocarcinoma may change the whole therapeutical approach.
ISSN:2210-2612
2210-2612
DOI:10.1016/j.ijscr.2014.11.056